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Numb. XLIII. : November [...] Proposals for printing by subscription, with His Majesty's royal privilege and licence, A new history of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the world to the establishment of Christianity. With answers to most of the controverted questions, dissertations upon the most remarkable passages, and a connection of profane history all along. To which are added notes, explaining the difficult texts, rectifying mistranslations, and reconciling seeming contradictions. The whole illustrated with proper maps and sculptures, and (in this second edition) carefully revised, corrected, improved, and enlarged, by its author, the Reverend Thomas Stackhouse, ... Subscriptions are taken in by Stephen Austen, removed (from St. Paul's Churchyard) to Newgate-street, ... by the booksellers at the two universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and by the printers and booksellers in all the cities, and noted towns in Great-Britain, and Ireland